So what're people using to label ethernet cables these days?
I've got a project underway with a large amount of fresh-install ethernet cabling and i'd like to 'do it right' with respects to cable labelling. The old does-everything Dymo Label Printer is doable, for a while, but in datacentre environments the labels degrade and fall off eventually, which isn't ideal. I've also used 'kabelflags' before but I would prefer something I can print with a machine, I think. That said i'd be interested in what people are doing, or what they 'should' be doing... ? Cheers Mark.
Have you considered RFID/NFC tagged UTP cables? there are several systems
for this for Fibre now, so assume that there are UTP based ones aslo.
Colour coding is also an option, I tend to colour code where I don't need
1-1 port mappings (i.e Green Cables go to GREEN tagged ports on the
switches). This is only good if you are deploying a crap load of servers
where the ports are consistent (i.e Port2 on each blade is GREEN).
You can also use coloured plastic Crimped rings around the cables.Using
cable ties to secure them
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/1188426975/Military_Grade_Network_Cable_Id...
My experiences have been similar to yours; lately I have just been
designing as per my Coloured/Standard mapping - but as mentioned requires
your Layer2 is flexible and standardized in the rack.
On 7 November 2013 10:52, Mark Foster
Hi Mark, Which Dymo are you referring to? The only time I've experienced problems with labels is where the humidity inside the DC was an issue (Christchurch being über dry and humidity not being introduced). I've found LabelWriter 450 with 99010 labels, labeled from equipment:port to (equipment or panel):port works well. Thanks, Jed. Sent from a small screen. I've got a project underway with a large amount of fresh-install ethernet cabling and i'd like to 'do it right' with respects to cable labelling. The old does-everything Dymo Label Printer is doable, for a while, but in datacentre environments the labels degrade and fall off eventually, which isn't ideal. I've also used 'kabelflags' before but I would prefer something I can print with a machine, I think. That said i'd be interested in what people are doing, or what they 'should' be doing... ? Cheers Mark. _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog
Jed Laundry
Their 'RHINO' models can print onto heat shrink tubing. I'd expect they would be pretty resiliant to humidity. http://global.dymo.com/enGB/Categories/RHINO_Label_Printers.html http://global.dymo.com/enGB/LabelAttribute/RHINO_Heat_shrink_tubing.html Cheers Tom Henderson IT Manager | Pack & Company | 027 461 4403 | 09 929 2750 | tom(a)pack.co.nz -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not disclose, copy, or distribute any information contained in or attached to it, or take any action/inaction based on it. Please contact us immediately, and delete this email from your system. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and not of Pack & Company (NZ) Limited (the "Company"), however any intellectual property contained in or attached to this email is the property of the Company. Thank you.
On 7/11/2013, at 10:52 AM, Mark Foster
I've got a project underway with a large amount of fresh-install ethernet cabling and i'd like to 'do it right' with respects to cable labelling.
http://wirednz.co.nz/cables-and-connectors/cable-management/cm-sll10l.html If you can cope with running a Windows application and a laser jet printer to create the labels, we have found they work better than anything else we have tried. regards Peter Mott LocalCloud Limited Business Critical Application Hosting +64 9 280 0925 -/-
On 7 Nov 2013, at 8:52 am, Mark Foster
That said i'd be interested in what people are doing, or what they 'should' be doing… ?
We use the totally awesome Brady BMP21 labellers with M21-750-595-WT tape. The labels *stick*, but still peel off in one go, the unit is easy to use and solidly built, the font and size options using a single tape size vary from 6 point for a fibre patch lead to 40 point bold for a device or rack. The only downside is they’re not cheap. Video of creating cable wrap labels: http://www.bradyid.com/bradyid/cms/contentView.do/6544/featured.html. Rgds, - I.
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